Chesapeake Mantra Changes from ‘No Acre Left Behind’ to ‘No Barrel Left Behind’

摘要

Doug Lawler jumped into the driver’s seat at Chesapeake Energy Corp. last June, gassed up by a land-rich portfolio but slowed by a poorly-running cash generator. Asset sales and spinoffs continue, to improve the balance sheet and more nimbly compete in the onshore. At the annual analyst day Friday, Lawler attempted to make one thing clear: Chesapeake is no longer its co-founder’s company.